Halloween!

I had so much fun with Halloween this year!! I love that I have 2 kids that understand what is going on and have fun with it! We had our ward trunk-or-treat last night and I am already posting pictures it it, aren't I amazing :) We had a tangled theme for Halloween too. I was trying to get more that one use out of the dress I made Janalee for her birthday.

Aren't they the cutest kids in the world!!

Conner is pascal from Tangled.

What a cute chameleon!

And of course Rapunzel herself
Double use of the long braid from her party too!

Flynn Rider, or as Janalee kept calling him all night Eugene :)

This is the happiest baby in the world, you just can't help but love him!!

Here are the pumpkins we did this year, looking pretty good :)

At the ward trunk-or-treat they had pony rides, the kids LOVED them!!

I'm back

I have been a horrible blogger lately! We have been so busy around here and when I do get a moment to sit down on the computer Shaun is on the good one and I have the horribly slow one. Someday I will get a nice new computer that isn't super slow :)

Anyway, we have been up to a lot lately and so here is a little recap of our adventures around here.

My mom, sister, and niece came to visit!! It was so much fun to have them over here. I love my family, they are so awesome!!

Janalee and my niece Kaylee-two cuties!

Here are my handsome boys


I remember when I was little how we would cram as many kids and would fit into the bath at a time, it was fun for my kids to have a bath with their cousin :)


Of course we had to go to the beach while they were here. It was awesome! Perfect weather and lots of fun!





I hope we get to see them all again soon!! I miss being close to my family. Hopefully soon we will be a least within driving distance to them :)

Janalee has started soccer and we are all having fun with it. Shaun is the coach of her team and it is really fun for all of us. She is doing pretty good. She is on a team with only one girl who has only been there a few times, but she is learning to play with the boys :) She has even scored a couple goals, woo hoo!!

Janalee also turned 4 this month! I can't believe she is that old, my little baby girl has grown up, sniff sniff!! We had a great Tangled birthday party for her that was tons of fun! I had way too much fun putting this party together.
Here is her birthday banner that is now hanging in her room.

We played pin the nose of Flynn Rider and the kids got to draw and color their own noses. These are Rapunzel and Flynn's boat on the water. (I stole most all of these idea's from someone else on the internet so don't be too impressed)
The weather was so perfect that we could eat outside with made for a much easier clean up :)
Everyone got to make a crown for the party, what a cute bunch of kids!
Rapunzel's tower that they all got to color on like Rapunzel. After the party we cut a door in it so Janalee and Parker are having a blast playing with it. That brad was aweful to make and I will never do it again, but I think it is really cute and all the kids loved it.
Here is my sad attempt at Rapunzel's tower. Janalee liked it though so that is what matters.
I made her a dress for her birthday. She is in kid heaven when she is in dress up clothes!

Summer fun

Sorry I am such a bad blogger. In my defence I did try and post a few weeks ago and it was stalling and taking forever so I finally gave up and then forgot to try again. We've had lots of fun this summer, here are a few pictures of what we have been up to.
We were eating cucumbers (which is one of Janalee's favorite foods) and she kept putting them in her mouth and smiling at us. What a goof ball!! We haven't been to the zoo much this summer because it is so hot!! They were having a back to school party so we decided to go and play. The kids got their faces painted and there were a bunch of these characters around. Their favorite was the gator. ( I think they've been in Florida too long :)

Conner is almost crawling!!! He is scooting himself around the house slowly right now. It will be so much fun when he starts crawling so he can play with his siblings more!

Here is my future basketball player! Our neighbors gave us a pair of air jordans and we happened to have this onsie. What a cute picture!

We have been trying to go to the beach a few times a month because the kids love it!! Shaun plays with the older two and Conner and I take naps and chill in the breeze. What a perfect day!!

The kids favorite thing to do at the beach is dig, dig, dig!!!

This trip we let Conner put his feet in to see what he would do. I can't wait until he is older and we can put sun screen on him and let him play in the water more. I know he is going to have a blast! Just look at that smile!

Janalee had a friend over and they were playing dress up and poor Parker was feeling left out so he found himself a dress and asked me to put it on. He was having so much fun! Shhh don't tell Shaun that I let him wear a princess dress.

We were playing super hero's the other day and the kids were "flying" around the house. Parker kept saying he was "saman"(superman) what cute kids I have!

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We haven't been up to much lately, just hanging around the house and enjoying each other. Conner is now 4 months old, I can't believe how time flies!! He is rolling over both ways now and starting to get up on his knees every once and a while. I can't believe I will have a crawler here soon!!
I love my boys!! Parker is such a little thing that Conner's torso is almost as long as his. hehe Parker is 2 now and Conner is 4 months. They are so cute, I just want to kiss them all day :) When I was taking that picture Janalee wanted in on the action. She really doesn't like to wear clothes and who am I to make her, it's so hot outside I would be in my undies all day too if I could. I was just happy she had a shirt on.
I decided that my couch was too gross to sit on anymore and so I striped it and washed all my covers and vacuumed the couch. Janalee and Parker loved this and made forts and trampolines from the cushions and loved every minute of it!!

My poor little Ellie! She had a sore spot on her back and she wouldn't leave it alone and so my neighbor fashioned this for her from a milk carton. I thought it was very creative and worked like a charm. Now she has healed up and is as good as new! She was pretty funny to look at though! :)

I was cleaning up the kitchen one morning and then front room got really quiet when I went to peek he had fallen asleep playing. I love this picture, so cute!!

Janalee loves to make Conner laugh and is usually successful. Conner loves her!! She usually makes a funny noise or just wiggles around and is just silly. One of the many joys of being a mom!!

Parker picked up this book that we have read a million times and started "reading" it. I thought it was so funny, I had to get it on film!

Happy Birthday to my boys!!

We had two birthday this weekend! Shaun and Parker. Parker turned 2 and I won't tell you how old Shaun is :) Time has flown, I can't believe Parker is 2!! He loves to be outside and ride bikes with Janalee, but he didn't have one. So we decide that he needed one and he loves it! He got a lawn mower from Aunt Brooke and Avie! Janalee and Parker have spend the day running around chasing eachother and having a grand time!

Janalee picked out a little car garage for Parker and between chasing eachother around they have been playing cars. I love that they play together now. It is so fun!

I asked Janalee what she wanted to get her daddy for his birthday and she kept telling me over and over again that she wanted to get him a shirt. I don't know where she got the idea from, but that was the answer she gave every time I asked her that question. So she went and pick him out a shirt and is very proud of her choice. hehe silly girl




Janalee keeps me on my toes and has me laughing everyday. She came up to me one day will her dress stuffed with her princesses. I told her she was a little young to be stuffing her dresses! She is such a goof!

Here are my three cutie pies!! I love them all to pieces! They just make my heart melt!

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Well, in a few days Conner will be 6 weeks old! I can't believe it, time has flown but also it feels like he has been with us forever. The kids still love him and want to hold him all the time. Parker is always kissing him and loving on him, it just melts my heart! We haven't been up to a whole lot lately because I am too chicken to take three kids with me by myself if I don't have to. (Also because I am still really tired. Conner is a morning baby and likes to start the day at 5am!!)
Thought I would post some of the things we have been up to lately!

Here are my three cuties!!





Parker spends a good portion of the day hugging Conner or kissing him. Sometimes I really have to pull Parker away because his loving is a little too ruff. So cute to see them together though, I hope they will be best friends!

So Parker decided that he was done taking naps when I brought Conner home from the hospital. I didn't think this was very nice of him. I would still put him in his room for some quiet time and this was the price I happily paid. Everyday he would pull all the books off the book shelf, but it was worth it to have an hour to get something done or maybe sneak in a nap.

Parker loves to play outside and spends most of his day out in the backyard. He also loves the dirt and loves to play in the dirt so this is how he comes back in the house. I think I must wash his hands and face 10 times a day at least. He loves it out there though so I'm happy to do it!

Aren't these the cutest baby shoes that were ever made!!! I love them! My mom bought them for Conner and he wears them all the time because he just looks so stinking cute in them!

Janalee's favorite place right now is McDonald's -which she calls "Old McDonalds" She wanted to go there and had been asking for a few days so we decided that the kids have been stuck at home enough and deserved to have this treat. They happened to be having family night that night and they had people there to play games with the kids and paint their faces and give prizes away and cake. Woo hoo! So Janalee got her first face painting and held really still for it too. I thought it turned out really cute! She was so excited and even had to run across the street to show off the the neighbors.



This is the cutest video ever!! I love babies laughing! Conner has done this before but as soon as I get the camera out then he is done smiling and laughing. He loves his daddy though, Shaun is always able to get him to smile and coo.